Founder and Executive Director of Tallgrass Institute

PhD

Kate R. Finn is Founder and Executive Director of Tallgrass Institute, a Center for Indigenous Economic Stewardship. She leads the organization to build and implement strategies that forward Indigenous Peoples’ priorities at the intersection of business, law, and finance.

Ms. Finn’s areas of focus and research expertise include Indigenous Peoples law and policy, preventing violence against women, sustainable finance, and business and human rights. She served as Executive Director of First Peoples Worldwide at the University of Colorado Boulder from 2020 to 2024.

Ms. Finn holds a J.D. and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Colorado, and a B.A. from Princeton University. Ms. Finn is Chair of the Executive Committee of the Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Green Economy (SIRGE) Coalition, and she serves on the boards of Cedar Growth, Cultural Survival, and on the Stewardship Circle of Adasina Social Capital. Ms. Finn is an enrolled citizen of the Osage Nation.